Titular diocese of Legia
Legia is a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
The city, located in North Africa , was an old Roman bishopric that went down in the 7th century with the Islamic expansion . It was in the Roman province of Numidia .
| Titular Bishops of Legia | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Claro Vásquez | Auxiliary Bishop in Santiago de Chile ( Chile ) | June 1, 1908 | May 21, 1921 |
| 2 | William Patrick Whelan OMI | Apostolic Koadjutorvikar of Johannesburg Apostolic Vicar of Johannesburg ( South Africa ) |
March 11, 1948 | January 11, 1951 |
| 3 | Willem van Kester MHM | Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu ( Belgian Congo ) | June 19, 1952 | November 10, 1959 |
| 4th | Arturo Rivera y Damas SDS | Auxiliary Bishop in San Salvador ( El Salvador ) | July 30, 1960 | 19th September 1977 |
| 5 | André Jean René Lacrampe IdP | Auxiliary Bishop in Reims ( France ) | July 13, 1983 | October 1, 1988 |
| 6th | Leonard James Olivier SVD | Auxiliary Bishop in Washington ( USA ) | November 10, 1988 | 19th November 2014 |
| 7th | Denis Chidi Isizoh | Auxiliary Bishop in Onitsha ( Nigeria ) | February 6, 2015 | |